© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedMigrants crossing the English Channel. (Luke Dray/Getty)An independent report has found that Home Office targets are preventing lesbian, gay and bisexual asylum seekers from having their claims adequately assessed.David Neal, the Independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, found that the amount of time asylum seekers are waiting on…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedSam Thomas and Lara Americo have seen their lives affected by alcohol. (Provided)To mark Alcohol Awareness Week, we speak to LGBT+ people and experts about the impact alcohol has on the community. Sam Thomas didn’t start drinking until he was 24 years old – but when he did, it gradually…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedPresident Biden signing an executive order repealing the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military, with Kamala Harris at his side (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)It’s not been a good week for vice president Kamala Harris.Her communications director, Ashley Etienne, just quit. Plus, earlier in the week, a CNN…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedDrag Race UK’s Vanity Milan. (BBC)This week’s Drag Race UK gave us one of the highlights of the series: the comedy challenge.Comedy legend Kathy Burke joined the judging panel as the final four put on a hilarious roast, in front of an audience of the eliminated season three queens.Some…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedAdidas has launched its Black Friday sale with up to 50 percent off. (adidas.co.uk)Adidas has launched its huge Black Friday sale for 2021 – and this is everything you need to knowIf you want to stock up on gym gear and accessories and loungewear from the three-stripe sports brand,…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedLadyhawke has released her new album Time Flies. (Getty)When Ladyhawke released her debut album in 2009, she was warned by people in the UK’s music industry that she should avoid talking about her sexuality in interviews.Looking back on that time, Ladyhawke – or Pip Brown, if you want to…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedAdele. (Columbia)Adele has finally released her fourth studio album 30, and fans are already feeling emotionally raw and overwhelmed over its lyrics.The singer has always been known for her lyrics about heartbreak – and 30 delivers devastation in spades. The album sees Adele reflecting on the end of her marriage to Simon…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedLabour MP Nadia Whittome. (Parliament)For Trans Awareness Week, Labour MP Nadia Whittome throws down the gauntlet for cisgender lesbian, gay and bisexual folk to stand with their trans siblings in the fight for true liberation.People of different genders and sexualities within the LGBTQ+ umbrella have organised together since the…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedSam Thomas and Lara Americo have seen their lives affected by alcohol. (Provided)To mark Alcohol Awareness Week, we speak to LGBT+ people and experts about the impact alcohol has on the community. Sam Thomas didn’t start drinking until he was 24 years old – but when he did, it gradually…

© 2021 PinkNews ⦁ All Rights ReservedLewis Hamilton in Qatar. (Getty/Mercedes AMG)Formula One champ Lewis Hamilton will wear the Progress Pride flag on his helmet for this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix.The racer is making a show of LGBT+ solidarity at the race, with his crash helmet – which will be beamed from the in-car camera…